Always surrounded by controversy, The Game [click to read] made his big debut of LAX [click to read] at #2 this week. The former G-Unit member sold 238,000 copies of his highly anticipated album, and was beat out by a new release from Slipknot. Lil Wayne [click to read] takes the #6 spot this week, selling 54,000 more copies of his double platinum album Tha Carter III [click to read]. Looks like stardom runs in the Knowles family as Beyonce‘s little sister Solange debuts her sophomore effort Sol Angel &The Hadley St. Dreams at #9 this week with 46,200 copies sold. Rihanna‘s re-release of Good Girl Gone Bad holds down the #12 spot for the second week in a row with 37,300 copies sold. Ice Cube [click to read] rounds out the top 5 for Hip Hop and R&B at #14 with 30,300 copies sold of Raw Footage [click to read].
Top 200 Album Sales (Top 5 Hip Hop/R&B)
| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 2 | The Game | LAX | 238,382 | 239,154 |
| 6 | Lil Wayne | Tha Carter III | 54,041 | 2,316,075 |
| 9 | Solange | Sol Angel &The Hadley St. Dreams | 46,281 | 46,305 |
| 12 | Rihanna | Good Girl Gone Bad | 37,345 | 1,713,350 |
| 14 | Ice Cube | Raw Footage | 30,337 | 100,104 |
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Nas holds on to the #36 position with 12,200 copies of his Untitled [click to read] album sold this week, while Plies‘ [click to read] Definition of Real [click to read] takes #44 with 10,600 sold. M.I.A continues to see the effects of her “Paper Planes” and the numerous rappers jumping on the remix. Kala sold 9,200 copies and landed her the #48 spot. Rumor has it that since seeing her new popularity on the charts, M.I.A has begun to re-think her plans for an early retirement from music. David Banner [click to read] comes in at #51 selling 9,100 copies of Greatest Story Ever Told [click to read] while V.I.C debuted Beast [click to read] at #73 with just over 7,000 copies sold.
Other Notables
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| Rank | Artist | Album | This Week | Est. Total |
| 36 | Nas | untitled | 12,274 | 362,525 |
| 44 | Plies | Definition of Real | 10,615 | 480,253 |
| 48 | M.I.A | Kala | 9,237 | 292,278 |
| 51 | David Banner | Greatest Story Ever Told | 9,145 | 132,930 |
| 73 | V.I.C | Beast | 7,077 | 7,090 |
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With new releases on the horizon form both veteran rapper LL Cool J and relative newcomer Young Jeezy, who will come out on top? Stay tuned as DX brings you the play by play.
